466 prisoners of the army and the popular committees arrive at Sana’a airport (updated)
Today Thursday, 466 prisoners from the army and the popular committees arrived at Sanaa International Airport, as part of the prisoner exchange deal.
The National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs stated that the first plane that arrived today carried 102 freedmen from the army and the popular committees, while the second plane carried 147 freedmen coming from Saudi Arabia.
The committee indicated that in exchange for the two planes coming from Saudi Arabia, a plane launched from Sana’a to Saudi Arabia, carrying 15 Saudis and 4 Sudanese.
It added that the third plane had 108 released prisoners of the army and the committees coming from Seiyun compared to 108 prisoners of the other side, while the fourth plane had 109 freed from the army and the committees also coming from Seiyun, compared to 109 prisoners of the other side.
The freed prisoners received an official and popular reception at the airport, in the presence of members of the Supreme Political Council, director of the presidential office, many ministers, governors of the provinces, members of the Parliament and the Shura Council, several military and security leaders, and social figures.
At the reception, Head of the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs, Abdulqadir Al-Murtada, explained that 250 prisoners of the army and popular committees had been freed from Saudi prisons, and 220 prisoners from Marib province.
Al-Murtada pointed out that 200 prisoners of the army and the popular committees would arrive tomorrow, Friday, from the prisons of the Saudi-led aggression coalition in Aden province, so that the total number of releases would be 670 prisoners.
“It was supposed to liberate 680 prisoners from the army and the popular committees, but the coalition excluded ten prisoners from the prisons of Marib province, which prompted us to exclude ten prisoners of the aggression coalition in Sanaa,” Al-Murtada pointed out.
He also assured the families of the prisoners who are still in the aggression coalition prisons that there are other deals during which all prisoners will be freed. “We have what we can pressure to force the aggression coalition to free all prisoners and detainees in its prisons.”
For his part, Information Minister Dhaifallah Al-Shami said, “Today, we read the titles of victory on the faces of the Yemeni people, as they receive the prisoners at Sanaa International Airport.”
Al-Shami affirmed that the revolutionary and political leaderships pay great attention to the prisoners and the wounded.
He added: “Our leadership cannot give away any of our prisoners, and all prisoners will be released in future deals,”.
As well as three ICRC aircraft carried prisoners of the Saudi-led aggression and its forces left the Sana’a International Airport.
